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The discourse of the difficult daughter: A feminist reading of Mary Norton'sBorrowers

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  1. St. Mary's Primary School Burghfield, Reading, U.K

    Margaret Thomas (Deputy Head Teacher)

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This year she completed an MA in Children's Literature at Reading University, with a dissertation on the works of Mary Norton.

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Thomas, M. The discourse of the difficult daughter: A feminist reading of Mary Norton'sBorrowers . Child Lit Educ 23, 39 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01131369

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